Front Indicators not Working
Submitted: Monday, May 20, 2019 at 12:00
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Hi.
I have a VJD79, 2012. I towe all sorts of things all the time. I hooked up the daughters Horse Float on Saturday and no indicator on the float.
Checked everything and finally discovered no turn signal on the toyota plug. Also discovered that there is no front indicator's either. Not left or right. Rear indicator work, BullBar indicators work and side indicators work, just not the large front ones or the trailer loom.
Any clues?
Regards
Mark
Reply By: RMD - Monday, May 20, 2019 at 21:28
Monday, May 20, 2019 at 21:28
If the bull Bar indicators work and they source Power from the original indicators which are not working, then something is wrong up front. Perhaps they are wired separately. A
check of wires will determine that issue. Who knows what Power source and wiring is had been performed for the trailer/float.
If the vehicle rear indicators work and not trailer, then they too may be wired into different circuits or the trailer plug is sus.
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Reply By: Member - Murray R (VIC) - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 21:54
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 21:54
Mark
You said there is a toyota trailor loom fitted, if it goes to the engine bay there are two relays which use the same fuse as supply. The relays are triggered by the front indicators and put power to trailor plug and front indicator per side.There should be a inline fuse tapped from the battery or a blown fuse called trailor in fuse box's.
The reason this is done is that you have lights in bull bar which are added and when the trailor is plugged in another extra light which over loads the system. Hence the main front and trailor are removed from circuit and powered by the relalys.
The trailor loom at the engine bay is plug and play with original loom and should be on the mud guard.
After finding fuse get horse float checked as short most likely there.
Murray
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Follow Up By: RMD - Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:33
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:33
If you use a 30w to 50w globe in a holder with two wires on it, wrap the ends around the blown fuse blades. When inserted, the globe load only allows a specific flow and the lights should then come ON when tested with all OK. If there is a short as Murray mentioned, the globe will burn
bright because it is taking the full flow of the short.
If fixed the globe will be dull because other globes are in series with it and then you can safely install a new fuse to that holder.
I agree, inspect and
test trailer first as most vehicle wiring stays the same unless the trailer base on towbar has been hammered.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 15:45
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 15:45
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Well RMD, I dunno about "most vehicle wiring".......
Just last week a mate had me "look at" his car with a blown tail light fuse.
He said it happened when he plugged-in the trailer. So of course I checked out the trailer and could find nothing.... hmmm, probably an intermittent.
So then with the trailer unplugged I replaced the fuse only to have it immediately blow. Aha, it's not the trailer.
Turned out to be the towbar harness was laying across the exhaust pipe, which although not hot at that point, had abraded the insulation to produce an earth fault.
The moral? Don't believe everything you're told!!!!
p.s. Like you, I have a fuse wedge with a pair of 50w halogen lamps connected. Very handy gadget at times.
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Reply By: Ron N - Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11:07
Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11:07
When fixing electrical problems such as lighting, start with the simple things first.
In this case, you'd
check that both indicator globes are intact and working, and then go on to
check all earth connections.
It's not the first time two globes have blown almost simultaneously.
I've just fixed a problem where I had no reversing lights on one of my Hiluxes - and as it had recently had a new clutch, I was thinking along the lines of blaming the clutch installer for not reconnecting the reversing light wiring when he moved the gearbox back, to install the clutch - and I was getting ready to scramble about, underneath the ute, for half an hour.
But a mate stopped me in my tracks when he said, "Have you checked the globes first?"
I was arguing that two globes couldn't have blown virtually together - but he was right!
Saved myself a heap of time by not having to track down and follow wiring and connectors.
Cheers, Ron.
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